The Queen Mary Parent Advisory Council (PAC)

is a volunteer organization for parents of students at Queen Mary Community School in North Vancouver, British Columbia. It is a non-profit organization whose aim is to foster a rich school community, provide a link between school staff and parents, and help raise funds for program enrichment at the school.

The kindie tee shirts are ready! For the last few years, these have been given to kindergarten students to be worn on special school days and during field trips. The hope is to welcome our young students and provide a sense of belonging to Queen Mary as they begin their adventures in school.Parents of new kindies can expect to receive a shirt from the kindie teachers during the first week of school.

This year, shirts are provided courtesy of PAC and we look forward to seeing your kindies in them!

Chris Atkinson, Assistant Superintendent for Queen Mary, responded this afternoon to PAC's letter of concern about changes at the school. A copy of that response can be found here.

Note that a parent who also wrote a letter received the same reply. Please do not let that discourage you from writing to express your thoughts. While we feel that the school board and administration haven't done the best job of keeping us informed about changes at the school, our goal is to re-establish the strong, collaborative working relationship needed to help our school and students to succeed. We sent our letter in that spirit, and we hope that the school board and administration will do their part when we return to school in September.

It has come to the attention of PAC that Vice Principal Tim Ireland has moved to Carson Graham Secondary for the school year beginning in September. We do not know the circumstances for this move, nor were we directly advised of this change by Queen Mary.

PAC does not find these continued administrative changes supportive of our community. Please take a moment to read a letter being sent to the Superintendent of the North Vancouver School District expressing these concerns. PAC asks that you also write letters - express your own thoughts, copy ours, or simply state support for our sentiments. Here is a list of individuals you can contact:Mark Pearmain, Superintendent (mpearmain@sd44.ca)North Vancouver School DistrictEducation Services Centre2121 Lonsdale AveNorth Vancouver, BC V7M 2K6Phone: 604.903.3444